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<section id="module-pygame.freetype">
<span id="pygame-freetype"></span><dl class="definition">
<dt class="title module sig sig-object">
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype</span></code></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Enhanced pygame module for loading and rendering computer fonts</span></div>
</div>
<table class="toc docutils align-default">
<tbody>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.get_error">pygame.freetype.get_error</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Return the latest FreeType error</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.get_version">pygame.freetype.get_version</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Return the FreeType version</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.init">pygame.freetype.init</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Initialize the underlying FreeType library.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.quit">pygame.freetype.quit</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Shut down the underlying FreeType library.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.get_init">pygame.freetype.get_init</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Returns True if the FreeType module is currently initialized.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.was_init">pygame.freetype.was_init</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>DEPRECATED: Use get_init() instead.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.get_cache_size">pygame.freetype.get_cache_size</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Return the glyph case size</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.get_default_resolution">pygame.freetype.get_default_resolution</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Return the default pixel size in dots per inch</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.set_default_resolution">pygame.freetype.set_default_resolution</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Set the default pixel size in dots per inch for the module</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.SysFont">pygame.freetype.SysFont</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>create a Font object from the system fonts</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.get_default_font">pygame.freetype.get_default_font</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Get the filename of the default font</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font">pygame.freetype.Font</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Create a new Font instance from a supported font file.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype</span></code> module is a replacement for <a class="tooltip reference internal" href="font.html#module-pygame.font" title=""><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.font</span></code><span class="tooltip-content">pygame module for loading and rendering fonts</span></a>.
It has all of the functionality of the original, plus many new features.
Yet is has absolutely no dependencies on the SDL_ttf library.
It is implemented directly on the FreeType 2 library.
The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype</span></code> module is not itself backward compatible with
<a class="tooltip reference internal" href="font.html#module-pygame.font" title=""><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.font</span></code><span class="tooltip-content">pygame module for loading and rendering fonts</span></a>.
Instead, use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.ftfont</span></code> module as a drop-in replacement
for <a class="tooltip reference internal" href="font.html#module-pygame.font" title=""><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.font</span></code><span class="tooltip-content">pygame module for loading and rendering fonts</span></a>.</p>
<p>All font file formats supported by FreeType can be rendered by
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype</span></code>, namely <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TTF</span></code>, Type1, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CFF</span></code>, OpenType,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SFNT</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PCF</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FNT</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BDF</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PFR</span></code> and Type42 fonts.
All glyphs having UTF-32 code points are accessible
(see <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.ucs4" title="pygame.freetype.Font.ucs4"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.ucs4</span></code></a>).</p>
<p>Most work on fonts is done using <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font" title="pygame.freetype.Font"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font</span></code></a> instances.
The module itself only has routines for initialization and creation
of <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font" title="pygame.freetype.Font"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font</span></code></a> objects.
You can load fonts from the system using the <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.SysFont" title="pygame.freetype.SysFont"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SysFont()</span></code></a> function.</p>
<p>Extra support of bitmap fonts is available. Available bitmap sizes can
be listed (see <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.get_sizes()</span></code></a>). For bitmap only fonts <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font" title="pygame.freetype.Font"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font</span></code></a>
can set the size for you (see the <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.size" title="pygame.freetype.Font.size"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.size</span></code></a> property).</p>
<p>For now undefined character codes are replaced with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.notdef</span></code>
(not defined) character.
How undefined codes are handled may become configurable in a future release.</p>
<p>Pygame comes with a built-in default font. This can always be accessed by
passing None as the font name to the <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font" title="pygame.freetype.Font"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font</span></code></a> constructor.</p>
<p>Extra rendering features available to <a class="tooltip reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font" title=""><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.Font</span></code><span class="tooltip-content">Create a new Font instance from a supported font file.</span></a>
are direct to surface rendering (see <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.render_to()</span></code></a>), character kerning
(see <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.kerning" title="pygame.freetype.Font.kerning"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.kerning</span></code></a>), vertical layout (see <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.vertical" title="pygame.freetype.Font.vertical"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.vertical</span></code></a>),
rotation of rendered text (see <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.rotation" title="pygame.freetype.Font.rotation"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.rotation</span></code></a>),
and the strong style (see <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.strong" title="pygame.freetype.Font.strong"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.strong</span></code></a>).
Some properties are configurable, such as
strong style strength (see <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.strength" title="pygame.freetype.Font.strength"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.strength</span></code></a>) and underline positioning
(see <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.underline_adjustment" title="pygame.freetype.Font.underline_adjustment"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.underline_adjustment</span></code></a>). Text can be positioned by the upper
right corner of the text box or by the text baseline (see <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.origin" title="pygame.freetype.Font.origin"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.origin</span></code></a>).
Finally, a font's vertical and horizontal size can be adjusted separately
(see <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.size" title="pygame.freetype.Font.size"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.size</span></code></a>).
The <a class="reference internal" href="examples.html#pygame.examples.freetype_misc.main" title="pygame.examples.freetype_misc.main"><code class="xref any py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.examples.freetype_misc</span></code></a>
example shows these features in use.</p>
<p>The pygame package does not import <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">freetype</span></code> automatically when
loaded. This module must be imported explicitly to be used.</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">pygame</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">pygame.freetype</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in pygame 1.9.2: </span><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">freetype</span></code></p>
</div>
<dl class="py function definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.get_error">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_error</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.get_error" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Return the latest FreeType error</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_error() -&gt; str</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_error() -&gt; None</span></div>
</div>
<p>Return a description of the last error which occurred in the FreeType2
library, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> if no errors have occurred.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.get_version">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_version</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.get_version" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Return the FreeType version</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_version(linked=True) -&gt; (int, int, int)</span></div>
</div>
<p>Returns the version of the FreeType library in use by this module. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">linked=True</span></code>
is the default behavior and returns the linked version of FreeType and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">linked=False</span></code>
returns the compiled version of FreeType.</p>
<p>Note that the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">freetype</span></code> module depends on the FreeType 2 library.
It will not compile with the original FreeType 1.0. Hence, the first element
of the tuple will always be &quot;2&quot;.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in pygame 2.2.0: </span><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">linked</span></code> keyword argument added and default behavior changed from returning compiled version to returning linked version</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.init">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">init</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.init" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Initialize the underlying FreeType library.</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">init(cache_size=64, resolution=72) -&gt; None</span></div>
</div>
<p>This function initializes the underlying FreeType library and must be
called before trying to use any of the functionality of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">freetype</span></code>
module.</p>
<p>However, <a class="tooltip reference internal" href="pygame.html#pygame.init" title=""><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.init()</span></code><span class="tooltip-content">initialize all imported pygame modules</span></a> will automatically call this function
if the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">freetype</span></code> module is already imported. It is safe to call this
function more than once.</p>
<p>Optionally, you may specify a default <em>cache_size</em> for the Glyph cache: the
maximum number of glyphs that will be cached at any given time by the
module. Exceedingly small values will be automatically tuned for
performance. Also a default pixel <em>resolution</em>, in dots per inch, can
be given to adjust font scaling.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.quit">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">quit</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.quit" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Shut down the underlying FreeType library.</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">quit() -&gt; None</span></div>
</div>
<p>This function closes the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">freetype</span></code> module. After calling this
function, you should not invoke any class, method or function related to the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">freetype</span></code> module as they are likely to fail or might give unpredictable
results. It is safe to call this function even if the module hasn't been
initialized yet.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.get_init">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_init</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.get_init" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Returns True if the FreeType module is currently initialized.</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_init() -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype</span></code> module is currently initialized.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in pygame 1.9.5.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.was_init">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">was_init</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.was_init" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">DEPRECATED: Use get_init() instead.</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">was_init() -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>DEPRECATED: Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype</span></code> module is currently
initialized. Use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_init()</span></code> instead.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.get_cache_size">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_cache_size</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.get_cache_size" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Return the glyph case size</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_cache_size() -&gt; long</span></div>
</div>
<p>See <a class="tooltip reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.init" title=""><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.init()</span></code><span class="tooltip-content">Initialize the underlying FreeType library.</span></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.get_default_resolution">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_default_resolution</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.get_default_resolution" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Return the default pixel size in dots per inch</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_default_resolution() -&gt; long</span></div>
</div>
<p>Returns the default pixel size, in dots per inch, for the module.
The default is 72 DPI.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.set_default_resolution">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">set_default_resolution</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.set_default_resolution" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Set the default pixel size in dots per inch for the module</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">set_default_resolution([resolution])</span></div>
</div>
<p>Set the default pixel size, in dots per inch, for the module. If the
optional argument is omitted or zero the resolution is reset to 72 DPI.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.SysFont">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">SysFont</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.SysFont" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">create a Font object from the system fonts</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">SysFont(name, size, bold=False, italic=False) -&gt; Font</span></div>
</div>
<p>Return a new Font object that is loaded from the system fonts. The font will
match the requested <em>bold</em> and <em>italic</em> flags. Pygame uses a small set of
common font aliases. If the specific font you ask for is not available, a
reasonable alternative may be used. If a suitable system font is not found
this will fall back on loading the default pygame font.</p>
<p>The font <em>name</em> can also be an iterable of font names, a string of
comma-separated font names, or a bytes of comma-separated font names, in
which case the set of names will be searched in order.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in pygame 2.0.1: </span>Accept an iterable of font names.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.get_default_font">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_default_font</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.get_default_font" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Get the filename of the default font</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_default_font() -&gt; string</span></div>
</div>
<p>Return the filename of the default pygame font. This is not the full path
to the file. The file is usually in the same directory as the font module,
but can also be bundled in a separate archive.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py class definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">pygame.freetype.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Font</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Create a new Font instance from a supported font file.</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">Font(file, size=0, font_index=0, resolution=0, ucs4=False) -&gt; Font</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">Font(pathlib.Path) -&gt; Font</span></div>
</div>
<table class="toc docutils align-default">
<tbody>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.name">pygame.freetype.Font.name</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Proper font name.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.path">pygame.freetype.Font.path</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Font file path</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.size">pygame.freetype.Font.size</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The default point size used in rendering</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect">pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Return the size and offset of rendered text</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.get_metrics">pygame.freetype.Font.get_metrics</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Return the glyph metrics for the given text</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.height">pygame.freetype.Font.height</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The unscaled height of the font in font units</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.ascender">pygame.freetype.Font.ascender</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The unscaled ascent of the font in font units</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.descender">pygame.freetype.Font.descender</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The unscaled descent of the font in font units</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_ascender">pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_ascender</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The scaled ascent of the font in pixels</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_descender">pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_descender</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The scaled descent of the font in pixels</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_height">pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_height</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The scaled height of the font in pixels</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_glyph_height">pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_glyph_height</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The scaled bounding box height of the font in pixels</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes">pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>return the available sizes of embedded bitmaps</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.render">pygame.freetype.Font.render</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Return rendered text as a surface</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to">pygame.freetype.Font.render_to</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Render text onto an existing surface</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw">pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Return rendered text as a string of bytes</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to">pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Render text into an array of ints</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.style">pygame.freetype.Font.style</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The font's style flags</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.underline">pygame.freetype.Font.underline</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The state of the font's underline style flag</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.strong">pygame.freetype.Font.strong</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The state of the font's strong style flag</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.oblique">pygame.freetype.Font.oblique</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The state of the font's oblique style flag</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.wide">pygame.freetype.Font.wide</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The state of the font's wide style flag</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.strength">pygame.freetype.Font.strength</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>The strength associated with the strong or wide font styles</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.underline_adjustment">pygame.freetype.Font.underline_adjustment</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Adjustment factor for the underline position</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.fixed_width">pygame.freetype.Font.fixed_width</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Gets whether the font is fixed-width</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.fixed_sizes">pygame.freetype.Font.fixed_sizes</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>the number of available bitmap sizes for the font</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.scalable">pygame.freetype.Font.scalable</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Gets whether the font is scalable</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.use_bitmap_strikes">pygame.freetype.Font.use_bitmap_strikes</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>allow the use of embedded bitmaps in an outline font file</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.antialiased">pygame.freetype.Font.antialiased</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Font anti-aliasing mode</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.kerning">pygame.freetype.Font.kerning</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Character kerning mode</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.vertical">pygame.freetype.Font.vertical</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Font vertical mode</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.rotation">pygame.freetype.Font.rotation</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>text rotation in degrees counterclockwise</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.fgcolor">pygame.freetype.Font.fgcolor</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>default foreground color</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.bgcolor">pygame.freetype.Font.bgcolor</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>default background color</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.origin">pygame.freetype.Font.origin</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Font render to text origin mode</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.pad">pygame.freetype.Font.pad</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>padded boundary mode</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.ucs4">pygame.freetype.Font.ucs4</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Enable UCS-4 mode</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><div class="line"><a class="toc reference external" href="freetype.html#pygame.freetype.Font.resolution">pygame.freetype.Font.resolution</a></div>
</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>Pixel resolution in dots per inch</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Argument <em>file</em> can be either a string representing the font's filename, a
file-like object containing the font, or None; if None, a default,
Pygame, font is used.</p>
<p id="freetype-font-size-argument">Optionally, a <em>size</em> argument may be specified to set the default size in
points, which determines the size of the rendered characters.
The size can also be passed explicitly to each method call.
Because of the way the caching   system works, specifying a default size on
the constructor doesn't imply a performance gain over manually passing
the size on each function call. If the font is bitmap and no <em>size</em>
is given, the default size is set to the first available size for the font.</p>
<p>If the font file has more than one font, the font to load can be chosen with
the <em>index</em> argument. An exception is raised for an out-of-range font index
value.</p>
<p>The optional <em>resolution</em> argument sets the pixel size, in dots per inch,
for use in scaling glyphs for this Font instance. If 0 then the default
module value, set by <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.init" title="pygame.freetype.init"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">init()</span></code></a>, is used. The Font object's
resolution can only be changed by re-initializing the Font instance.</p>
<p>The optional <em>ucs4</em> argument, an integer, sets the default text translation
mode: 0 (False) recognize UTF-16 surrogate pairs, any other value (True),
to treat Unicode text as UCS-4, with no surrogate pairs. See
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.ucs4" title="pygame.freetype.Font.ucs4"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.ucs4</span></code></a>.</p>
<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.name">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">name</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.name" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Proper font name.</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">name -&gt; string</span></div>
</div>
<p>Read only. Returns the real (long) name of the font, as
recorded in the font file.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.path">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">path</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.path" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Font file path</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">path -&gt; unicode</span></div>
</div>
<p>Read only. Returns the path of the loaded font file</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.size">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">size</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.size" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The default point size used in rendering</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">size -&gt; float</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">size -&gt; (float, float)</span></div>
</div>
<p>Get or set the default size for text metrics and rendering. It can be
a single point size, given as a Python <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">float</span></code>, or a
font ppem (width, height) <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tuple</span></code>. Size values are non-negative.
A zero size or width represents an undefined size. In this case
the size must be given as a method argument, or an exception is
raised. A zero width but non-zero height is a ValueError.</p>
<p>For a scalable font, a single number value is equivalent to a tuple
with width equal height. A font can be stretched vertically with
height set greater than width, or horizontally with width set
greater than height. For embedded bitmaps, as listed by <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_sizes()</span></code></a>,
use the nominal width and height to select an available size.</p>
<p>Font size differs for a non-scalable, bitmap, font. During a
method call it must match one of the available sizes returned by
method <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_sizes()</span></code></a>. If not, an exception is raised.
If the size is a single number, the size is first matched against the
point size value. If no match, then the available size with the
same nominal width and height is chosen.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_rect</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Return the size and offset of rendered text</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_rect(text, style=STYLE_DEFAULT, rotation=0, size=0) -&gt; rect</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets the final dimensions and origin, in pixels, of <em>text</em> using the
optional <em>size</em> in points, <em>style</em>, and <em>rotation</em>. For other
relevant render properties, and for any optional argument not given,
the default values set for the <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font" title="pygame.freetype.Font"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font</span></code></a> instance are used.</p>
<p>Returns a <a class="reference internal" href="rect.html#pygame.Rect" title="pygame.Rect"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Rect</span></code></a> instance containing the
width and height of the text's bounding box and the position of the
text's origin.
The origin is useful in aligning separately rendered pieces of text.
It gives the baseline position and bearing at the start of the text.
See the <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a> method for an example.</p>
<p>If <em>text</em> is a char (byte) string, its encoding is assumed to be
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LATIN1</span></code>.</p>
<p>Optionally, <em>text</em> can be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, which will return the bounding
rectangle for the text passed to a previous <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_raw()</span></code></a>, or
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_raw_to()</span></code></a> call. See <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a> for more
details.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.get_metrics">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_metrics</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_metrics" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Return the glyph metrics for the given text</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_metrics(text, size=0) -&gt; [(...), ...]</span></div>
</div>
<p>Returns the glyph metrics for each character in <em>text</em>.</p>
<p>The glyph metrics are returned as a list of tuples. Each tuple gives
metrics of a single character glyph. The glyph metrics are:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">min_x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">max_x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">min_y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">max_y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">horizontal_advance_x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">horizontal_advance_y</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The bounding box min_x, max_x, min_y, and max_y values are returned as
grid-fitted pixel coordinates of type int. The advance values are
float values.</p>
<p>The calculations are done using the font's default size in points.
Optionally you may specify another point size with the <em>size</em> argument.</p>
<p>The metrics are adjusted for the current rotation, strong, and oblique
settings.</p>
<p>If text is a char (byte) string, then its encoding is assumed to be
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LATIN1</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.height">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">height</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.height" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The unscaled height of the font in font units</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">height -&gt; int</span></div>
</div>
<p>Read only. Gets the height of the font. This is the average value of all
glyphs in the font.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.ascender">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ascender</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.ascender" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The unscaled ascent of the font in font units</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">ascender -&gt; int</span></div>
</div>
<p>Read only. Return the number of units from the font's baseline to
the top of the bounding box.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.descender">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">descender</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.descender" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The unscaled descent of the font in font units</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">descender -&gt; int</span></div>
</div>
<p>Read only. Return the height in font units for the font descent.
The descent is the number of units from the font's baseline to the
bottom of the bounding box.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_ascender">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_sized_ascender</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_ascender" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The scaled ascent of the font in pixels</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_sized_ascender(&lt;size&gt;=0) -&gt; int</span></div>
</div>
<p>Return the number of units from the font's baseline to the top of the
bounding box. It is not adjusted for strong or rotation.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_descender">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_sized_descender</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_descender" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The scaled descent of the font in pixels</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_sized_descender(&lt;size&gt;=0) -&gt; int</span></div>
</div>
<p>Return the number of pixels from the font's baseline to the top of the
bounding box. It is not adjusted for strong or rotation.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_height">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_sized_height</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_height" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The scaled height of the font in pixels</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_sized_height(&lt;size&gt;=0) -&gt; int</span></div>
</div>
<p>Returns the height of the font. This is the average value of all
glyphs in the font. It is not adjusted for strong or rotation.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_glyph_height">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_sized_glyph_height</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sized_glyph_height" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The scaled bounding box height of the font in pixels</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_sized_glyph_height(&lt;size&gt;=0) -&gt; int</span></div>
</div>
<p>Return the glyph bounding box height of the font in pixels.
This is the average value of all glyphs in the font.
It is not adjusted for strong or rotation.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_sizes</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">return the available sizes of embedded bitmaps</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_sizes() -&gt; [(int, int, int, float, float), ...]</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">get_sizes() -&gt; []</span></div>
</div>
<p>Returns a list of tuple records, one for each point size
supported. Each tuple containing the point size, the height in pixels,
width in pixels, horizontal ppem (nominal width) in fractional pixels,
and vertical ppem (nominal height) in fractional pixels.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.render">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">render</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Return rendered text as a surface</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">render(text, fgcolor=None, bgcolor=None, style=STYLE_DEFAULT, rotation=0, size=0) -&gt; (Surface, Rect)</span></div>
</div>
<p>Returns a new <a class="reference internal" href="surface.html#pygame.Surface" title="pygame.Surface"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Surface</span></code></a>,
with the text rendered to it
in the color given by 'fgcolor'. If no foreground color is given,
the default foreground color, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.fgcolor" title="pygame.freetype.Font.fgcolor"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fgcolor</span></code></a> is used.
If <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bgcolor</span></code> is given, the surface
will be filled with this color. When no background color is given,
the surface background is transparent, zero alpha. Normally the returned
surface has a 32 bit pixel size. However, if <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bgcolor</span></code> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>
and anti-aliasing is disabled a monochrome 8 bit colorkey surface,
with colorkey set for the background color, is returned.</p>
<p>The return value is a tuple: the new surface and the bounding
rectangle giving the size and origin of the rendered text.</p>
<p>If an empty string is passed for text then the returned Rect is zero
width and the height of the font.</p>
<p>Optional <em>fgcolor</em>, <em>style</em>, <em>rotation</em>, and <em>size</em> arguments override
the default values set for the <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font" title="pygame.freetype.Font"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font</span></code></a> instance.</p>
<p>If <em>text</em> is a char (byte) string, then its encoding is assumed to be
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LATIN1</span></code>.</p>
<p>Optionally, <em>text</em> can be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, which will render the text
passed to a previous <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_raw()</span></code></a>, or <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_raw_to()</span></code></a> call.
See <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a> for details.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">render_to</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Render text onto an existing surface</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">render_to(surf, dest, text, fgcolor=None, bgcolor=None, style=STYLE_DEFAULT, rotation=0, size=0) -&gt; Rect</span></div>
</div>
<p>Renders the string <em>text</em> to the <a class="tooltip reference internal" href="surface.html#pygame.Surface" title=""><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.Surface</span></code><span class="tooltip-content">pygame object for representing images</span></a> <em>surf</em>,
at position <em>dest</em>, a (x, y) surface coordinate pair.
If either x or y is not an integer it is converted to one if possible.
Any sequence where the first two items are x and y positional elements
is accepted, including a <a class="reference internal" href="rect.html#pygame.Rect" title="pygame.Rect"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Rect</span></code></a> instance.
As with <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render()</span></code></a>,
optional <em>fgcolor</em>, <em>style</em>, <em>rotation</em>, and <em>size</em> argument are
available.</p>
<p>If a background color <em>bgcolor</em> is given, the text bounding box is
first filled with that color. The text is blitted next.
Both the background fill and text rendering involve full alpha blits.
That is, the alpha values of the foreground, background, and destination
target surface all affect the blit.</p>
<p>The return value is a rectangle giving the size and position of the
rendered text within the surface.</p>
<p>If an empty string is passed for text then the returned
<a class="reference internal" href="rect.html#pygame.Rect" title="pygame.Rect"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Rect</span></code></a> is zero width and the height of the font.
The rect will test False.</p>
<p>Optionally, <em>text</em> can be set <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, which will re-render text
passed to a previous <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_raw()</span></code></a>, or <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_raw_to()</span></code></a> call. Primarily, this
feature is an aid to using <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a> in combination with
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a>. An example:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">word_wrap</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">surf</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">text</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">font</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">color</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)):</span>
    <span class="n">font</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">origin</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
    <span class="n">words</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">text</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">split</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39; &#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="n">width</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">height</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">surf</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_size</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="n">line_spacing</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">font</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_sized_height</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
    <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">line_spacing</span>
    <span class="n">space</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">font</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_rect</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39; &#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">word</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">words</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="n">bounds</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">font</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_rect</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">word</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">bounds</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">width</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">bounds</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">&gt;=</span> <span class="n">width</span><span class="p">:</span>
            <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">line_spacing</span>
        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">bounds</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">width</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">bounds</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">&gt;=</span> <span class="n">width</span><span class="p">:</span>
            <span class="k">raise</span> <span class="ne">ValueError</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;word too wide for the surface&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">y</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">bounds</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">height</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="n">bounds</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">y</span> <span class="o">&gt;=</span> <span class="n">height</span><span class="p">:</span>
            <span class="k">raise</span> <span class="ne">ValueError</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;text to long for the surface&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="n">font</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">render_to</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">surf</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">color</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="n">bounds</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">width</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">space</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">width</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>When <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a> is called with the same
font properties ― <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.size" title="pygame.freetype.Font.size"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">size</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.style" title="pygame.freetype.Font.style"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">style</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.strength" title="pygame.freetype.Font.strength"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">strength</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.wide" title="pygame.freetype.Font.wide"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wide</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.antialiased" title="pygame.freetype.Font.antialiased"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">antialiased</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.vertical" title="pygame.freetype.Font.vertical"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vertical</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.rotation" title="pygame.freetype.Font.rotation"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rotation</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.kerning" title="pygame.freetype.Font.kerning"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">kerning</span></code></a>, and <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.use_bitmap_strikes" title="pygame.freetype.Font.use_bitmap_strikes"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">use_bitmap_strikes</span></code></a> ― as <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a> will use the layout calculated by <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a>.
Otherwise, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a> will recalculate the layout if called
with a text string or one of the above properties has changed
after the <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a> call.</p>
<p>If <em>text</em> is a char (byte) string, then its encoding is assumed to be
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LATIN1</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">render_raw</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Return rendered text as a string of bytes</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">render_raw(text, style=STYLE_DEFAULT, rotation=0, size=0, invert=False) -&gt; (bytes, (int, int))</span></div>
</div>
<p>Like <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render()</span></code></a> but with the pixels returned as a byte string
of 8-bit gray-scale values. The foreground color is 255, the
background 0, useful as an alpha mask for a foreground pattern.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py method definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">render_raw_to</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Render text into an array of ints</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">render_raw_to(array, text, dest=None, style=STYLE_DEFAULT, rotation=0, size=0, invert=False) -&gt; Rect</span></div>
</div>
<p>Render to an array object exposing an array struct interface. The array
must be two dimensional with integer items. The default <em>dest</em> value,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, is equivalent to position (0, 0). See <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a>.
As with the other render methods, <em>text</em> can be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> to
render a text string passed previously to another method.</p>
<p>The return value is a <a class="tooltip reference internal" href="rect.html#pygame.Rect" title=""><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.Rect()</span></code><span class="tooltip-content">pygame object for storing rectangular coordinates</span></a> giving the size and position of
the rendered text.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.style">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">style</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.style" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The font's style flags</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">style -&gt; int</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets the default style of the Font. This default style will be
used for all text rendering and size calculations unless overridden
specifically a render or <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a> call.
The style value may be a bit-wise OR of one or more of the following
constants:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">STYLE_NORMAL</span>
<span class="n">STYLE_UNDERLINE</span>
<span class="n">STYLE_OBLIQUE</span>
<span class="n">STYLE_STRONG</span>
<span class="n">STYLE_WIDE</span>
<span class="n">STYLE_DEFAULT</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>These constants may be found on the FreeType constants module.
Optionally, the default style can be modified or obtained accessing the
individual style attributes (underline, oblique, strong).</p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">STYLE_OBLIQUE</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">STYLE_STRONG</span></code> styles are for
scalable fonts only. An attempt to set either for a bitmap font raises
an AttributeError. An attempt to set either for an inactive font,
as returned by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.__new__()</span></code>, raises a RuntimeError.</p>
<p>Assigning <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">STYLE_DEFAULT</span></code> to the <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.style" title="pygame.freetype.Font.style"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">style</span></code></a> property leaves
the property unchanged, as this property defines the default.
The <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.style" title="pygame.freetype.Font.style"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">style</span></code></a> property will never return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">STYLE_DEFAULT</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.underline">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">underline</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.underline" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The state of the font's underline style flag</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">underline -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets whether the font will be underlined when drawing text. This
default style value will be used for all text rendering and size
calculations unless overridden specifically in a render or
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a> call, via the 'style' parameter.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.strong">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">strong</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.strong" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The state of the font's strong style flag</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">strong -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets whether the font will be bold when drawing text. This
default style value will be used for all text rendering and size
calculations unless overridden specifically in a render or
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a> call, via the 'style' parameter.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.oblique">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">oblique</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.oblique" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The state of the font's oblique style flag</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">oblique -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets whether the font will be rendered as oblique. This
default style value will be used for all text rendering and size
calculations unless overridden specifically in a render or
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a> call, via the <em>style</em> parameter.</p>
<p>The oblique style is only supported for scalable (outline) fonts.
An attempt to set this style on a bitmap font will raise an
AttributeError. If the font object is inactive, as returned by
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.__new__()</span></code>, setting this property raises a RuntimeError.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.wide">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">wide</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.wide" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The state of the font's wide style flag</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">wide -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets whether the font will be stretched horizontally
when drawing text. It produces a result similar to
<a class="tooltip reference internal" href="font.html#pygame.font.Font" title=""><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.font.Font</span></code><span class="tooltip-content">create a new Font object from a file</span></a>'s bold. This style not available for
rotated text.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.strength">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">strength</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.strength" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">The strength associated with the strong or wide font styles</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">strength -&gt; float</span></div>
</div>
<p>The amount by which a font glyph's size is enlarged for the
strong or wide transformations, as a fraction of the untransformed
size. For the wide style only the horizontal dimension is
increased. For strong text both the horizontal and vertical
dimensions are enlarged. A wide style of strength 0.08333 ( 1/12 ) is
equivalent to the <a class="tooltip reference internal" href="font.html#pygame.font.Font" title=""><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.font.Font</span></code><span class="tooltip-content">create a new Font object from a file</span></a> bold style.
The default is 0.02778 ( 1/36 ).</p>
<p>The strength style is only supported for scalable (outline) fonts.
An attempt to set this property on a bitmap font will raise an
AttributeError. If the font object is inactive, as returned by
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.__new__()</span></code>, assignment to this property raises a RuntimeError.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.underline_adjustment">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">underline_adjustment</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.underline_adjustment" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Adjustment factor for the underline position</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">underline_adjustment -&gt; float</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets a factor which, when positive, is multiplied with the
font's underline offset to adjust the underline position. A negative
value turns an underline into a strike-through or overline. It is
multiplied with the ascender. Accepted values range between -2.0 and 2.0
inclusive. A value of 0.5 closely matches Tango underlining. A value of
1.0 mimics <a class="tooltip reference internal" href="font.html#pygame.font.Font" title=""><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pygame.font.Font</span></code><span class="tooltip-content">create a new Font object from a file</span></a> underlining.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.fixed_width">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">fixed_width</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.fixed_width" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Gets whether the font is fixed-width</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">fixed_width -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Read only. Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if the font contains fixed-width
characters (for example Courier, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, Andale Mono).</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.fixed_sizes">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">fixed_sizes</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.fixed_sizes" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">the number of available bitmap sizes for the font</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">fixed_sizes -&gt; int</span></div>
</div>
<p>Read only. Returns the number of point sizes for which the font contains
bitmap character images. If zero then the font is not a bitmap font.
A scalable font may contain pre-rendered point sizes as strikes.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.scalable">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">scalable</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.scalable" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Gets whether the font is scalable</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">scalable -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Read only. Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if the font contains outline glyphs.
If so, the point size is not limited to available bitmap sizes.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.use_bitmap_strikes">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">use_bitmap_strikes</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.use_bitmap_strikes" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">allow the use of embedded bitmaps in an outline font file</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">use_bitmap_strikes -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Some scalable fonts include embedded bitmaps for particular point
sizes. This property controls whether or not those bitmap strikes
are used. Set it <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> to disable the loading of any bitmap
strike. Set it <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>, the default, to permit bitmap strikes
for a non-rotated render with no style other than <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.wide" title="pygame.freetype.Font.wide"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wide</span></code></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.underline" title="pygame.freetype.Font.underline"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">underline</span></code></a>. This property is ignored for bitmap fonts.</p>
<p>See also <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.fixed_sizes" title="pygame.freetype.Font.fixed_sizes"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fixed_sizes</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_sizes"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_sizes()</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.antialiased">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">antialiased</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.antialiased" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Font anti-aliasing mode</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">antialiased -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets the font's anti-aliasing mode. This defaults to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> on all fonts, which are rendered with full 8 bit blending.</p>
<p>Set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> to do monochrome rendering. This should
provide a small speed gain and reduce cache memory size.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.kerning">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">kerning</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.kerning" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Character kerning mode</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">kerning -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets the font's kerning mode. This defaults to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>
on all fonts, which will be rendered without kerning.</p>
<p>Set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> to add kerning between character pairs, if supported
by the font, when positioning glyphs.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.vertical">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">vertical</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.vertical" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Font vertical mode</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">vertical -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets whether the characters are laid out vertically rather
than horizontally. May be useful when rendering Kanji or some other
vertical script.</p>
<p>Set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> to switch to a vertical text layout. The default
is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>, place horizontally.</p>
<p>Note that the <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font" title="pygame.freetype.Font"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font</span></code></a> class does not automatically determine
script orientation. Vertical layout must be selected explicitly.</p>
<p>Also note that several font formats (especially bitmap based ones) don't
contain the necessary metrics to draw glyphs vertically, so drawing in
those cases will give unspecified results.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.rotation">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">rotation</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.rotation" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">text rotation in degrees counterclockwise</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">rotation -&gt; int</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets the baseline angle of the rendered text. The angle is
represented as integer degrees. The default angle is 0, with horizontal
text rendered along the X-axis, and vertical text along the Y-axis.
A positive value rotates these axes counterclockwise that many degrees.
A negative angle corresponds to a clockwise rotation. The rotation
value is normalized to a value within the range 0 to 359 inclusive
(eg. 390 -&gt; 390 - 360 -&gt; 30, -45 -&gt; 360 + -45 -&gt; 315,
720 -&gt; 720 - (2 * 360) -&gt; 0).</p>
<p>Only scalable (outline) fonts can be rotated. An attempt to change
the rotation of a bitmap font raises an AttributeError.
An attempt to change the rotation of an inactive font instance, as
returned by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font.__new__()</span></code>, raises a RuntimeError.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.fgcolor">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">fgcolor</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.fgcolor" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">default foreground color</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">fgcolor -&gt; Color</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets the default glyph rendering color. It is initially opaque
black ― (0, 0, 0, 255). Applies to <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.bgcolor">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">bgcolor</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.bgcolor" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">default background color</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">bgcolor -&gt; Color</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets the default background rendering color. Initially it is
unset and text will render with a transparent background by default.
Applies to <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in pygame 2.0.0.</span></p>
</div>
<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.origin">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">origin</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.origin" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Font render to text origin mode</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">origin -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>If set <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>, <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_to()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to" title="pygame.freetype.Font.render_raw_to"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">render_raw_to()</span></code></a> will
take the <em>dest</em> position to be that of the text origin, as opposed to
the top-left corner of the bounding box. See <a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect" title="pygame.freetype.Font.get_rect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_rect()</span></code></a> for
details.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.pad">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pad</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.pad" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">padded boundary mode</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">pad -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>If set <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>, then the text boundary rectangle will be inflated
to match that of <a class="reference internal" href="font.html#pygame.font.Font" title="pygame.font.Font"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">font.Font</span></code></a>.
Otherwise, the boundary rectangle is just large enough for the text.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.ucs4">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ucs4</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.ucs4" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Enable UCS-4 mode</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">ucs4 -&gt; bool</span></div>
</div>
<p>Gets or sets the decoding of Unicode text. By default, the
freetype module performs UTF-16 surrogate pair decoding on Unicode text.
This allows 32-bit escape sequences ('Uxxxxxxxx') between 0x10000 and
0x10FFFF to represent their corresponding UTF-32 code points on Python
interpreters built with a UCS-2 Unicode type (on Windows, for instance).
It also means character values within the UTF-16 surrogate area (0xD800
to 0xDFFF) are considered part of a surrogate pair. A malformed surrogate
pair will raise a UnicodeEncodeError. Setting ucs4 <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> turns
surrogate pair decoding off, allowing access the full UCS-4 character
range to a Python interpreter built with four-byte Unicode character
support.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py attribute definition">
<dt class="sig sig-object py title" id="pygame.freetype.Font.resolution">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">resolution</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#pygame.freetype.Font.resolution" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><div class="line-block">
<div class="line"><span class="summaryline">Pixel resolution in dots per inch</span></div>
<div class="line"><span class="signature">resolution -&gt; int</span></div>
</div>
<p>Read only. Gets pixel size used in scaling font glyphs for this
<a class="reference internal" href="#pygame.freetype.Font" title="pygame.freetype.Font"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Font</span></code></a> instance.</p>
</dd></dl>

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